cassandre

Random observation

cassandre Jan 12, 2012 00:26

Is it just me, or is it weird for a married couple (or any two people who live together, for that matter - but the cases I have seen are both married couples) to share and use the same email account? I met a woman recently who seems witty and clever and nice, and when she emailed me, the alias (or whatever you call the name that pops up in ( Read more... )

Operation Franklin Graham

cassandre Oct 13, 2010 11:27

A couple of weeks ago, we got a letter from Charlie's school asking us to decorate a shoebox and fill it with small gifts to send to a needy child in a third world country for Christmas. It crossed my mind at the time to wonder whether Needy Children in the Third World would even be familiar with the concept of Christmas (the UK is very Christmas- ( Read more... )

Voeux d'anniversaire

cassandre Oct 04, 2010 23:42

It's a bit late in the day, but ... joyeux anniversaire to the lovely oursin!

I love the way you never forget anyone's birthday. xx

The 10 women poets meme

cassandre Oct 10, 2009 00:01

... because why not?

Sappho (sorry, I have to! my cat is named after her!)
Na Castelloza
Marie de France
Louise Labe
Pernette Du Guillet
Gaspara Stampa
Anne Bradstreet
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Adrienne Rich
Anne Hebert

GIP

cassandre Jul 17, 2009 15:43

A new icon after a long hiatus! It's an illustration of Jeanne d'Arc from Antoine Dufour, Vies des femmes celebres, c. 1505 (an intriguing text in its own right). I can't believe how easy it is to make icons now on LJ. I hadn't made one in about a million years, and now all you have to do is click a few times and voila. Wow ( Read more... )

Writer's Block: Bird by Bird

cassandre Jan 06, 2009 16:46

birds, pets, writer's block, animal rights

Happy new year and all that

cassandre Jan 06, 2009 16:39

Charlie has returned to nursery today, but have I returned to work? No, not really.

I have had lovely holidays but was having a really glum day today. Then I remembered that an LJ angel gave me a VERY LAVISH amazon gift certificate for my birthday. And I went online and ordered loads of new books. Now I feel cheerful indeed. Thank you LJ angel.